Brief Article
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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 7, 2013; 19(1): 86-91
Published online Jan 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i1.86
Table 1 Patients characteristics
Number of patientsn = 30
Number of dilatations47
Gender: male/female22/8
Age at EBD (mean ± SD), yr32.5 ± 10.5
Disease duration (mean ± SD), yr12.8 ± 8.0
Median follow-up26 mo (range, 2-172 mo)
Medical therapy at first dilatation (%)
None0
5-aminosalicylic acid:86.7
Steroids:13.3
Azathioprine/6-mercaptoprine:20.0
Infliximab13.3
Elemental diet:33.3
Total parental nutrition:16.7